POLICE have found the severed head and other parts of a woman’s body in a Paris park.
The dismembered body parts were found split between bags in the Buttes-Chaumont park in northeast Paris this morning.
4Investigators are still searching for other body parts in the park
4The popular Paris park has been closed pending further investigationCredit: AFPThe police are on the scene and waiting for forensic scientists to arrive to examine the gruesome remains.
The first body piece was found by gardeners in the park on Monday, who discovered the victim’s pelvis in a plastic bag, according to a source close to the case.
The decapitated head was then found this morning with the help of park staff.
The Parisian newspaper reported that the lower torso was also found with the severed head today, hidden under foliage in a remote location within the park.
A source told the newspaper that: Obviously, the body was cut dressed. The corpse was not in a state of putrefaction, which seems to attest to a recent death.”
It is too soon for police to know identify the victim or establish and how and when she died until an autopsy of the body has taken place.
The Buttes-Chaumont park has been closed to the public since 3pm yesterday after the first grim discovery was made.
Investigators have been searching for more body parts ever since.
Located in the 19th Arrondissement in Paris, the park is one of the biggest green spaces in the capital and a popular destination for families and runners.
Police have now launched a murder inquiry and a large search operation is underway across the park, including a specialist diving team searching the lake.
4Forensic police have arrived on the sceneCredit: BFM TV
4The park is a popular place for families and runners to enjoyCredit: AFP
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